Railway cattle-guard.



G. F. WOOD.

RAILWAY GATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 15, 1809.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

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G. F. WOOD.

RAILWAY CATTLE GUARD.

APPLICATION rum) mm: 15, 1909.

947,268, Patented Ja11.25,1910.

2 SHBETSSHEET 2.

firm nu GEORGE F. WOOD. 0F MOKINNEY,

TEXAS. AS

FIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO GEORGE B. SMITH.

OF M c KlNN HY, TEXAS.

RAILWAY CATTLE-G UALRD.

Application tiled June 15. i909.

To all whom, it may concern.

lie it known that l, tinouoi-z i Wow, a citizen of the United States,residing at Me- Kinney, in the county of ('ollin and St ate of Texas,have invented certain new and usel'ul lmprovtnnents in ltailway(attlc-(iuutrds, ol whieh the following is a specification, referencebeing bad to the accompanying drawlugs.

this invention is an improved railway rattle guard and consists of thenovel eonstruction, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafterfully described and claimed.

Theobjet-t of the invention is to provide a device of this eharnmerwhieh will be inex pensive in construction, durable in use and etlieientin operation; to provide one will make a rattling noise when an animalZlllLlllllta to cross it and thereby frighten oil the animal; and toproride one in which the track rails may be used as a part of thesupporting' framework of the device.

The above and other objects of the inven- Specification of LettersPatent.

Patented Jan. 25, 1910.

Sena! No. 502.313.

or other hard substantially spht-rieal objects fall which will produce anoise when they against the eor'rugattal sheet metal body 5.

which tion are attained in its preferred embodiment illustrated in theat-eoiupauylng draw- I ings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of theimproved railway cattle guard; Figs. 2 and 3 are loir gitudinal andtranaverse sectional views: and Figs. "l and 5 are detaihperspectiveviews showing the manner in which the rollers or cylinders of the guardmay be fastened.

In the drawings 1 denotes railway track rails and 2 cross ties forsupportin; the same. These ties are preferably made of triangular-shapein cross section at the guard so that their upper or side faces will bedownwardly inelined.

The guard coni 'iriscsa plurality of rollers preferably of and made ofsheet metal so that they will be hollow and corrugated longitudinally.'lhese rollers which are arranged between a pair of' the track rails 1are designated by the of the notch 'l'he rollers or cylinders l arepreferably llltllllil 'tl h arranging them on transverse pi\ot rods 7which extend through opei'iings s unched in the heads 4. Said openings 8are t' irmed by punching the heads inwardly Hi that the portions l ofthe heads will provide inwardly extending bearin; surfaces for the pivotrod, thereby strengthening said heads, as shown in the drawings. Thebase [tonnes of the track rails l are used a supports for the pivot rodsT, which latter are se ured to said tlann'es by forming in theirendsnott-hcs [0. t] to receive the base flanges of the opposing trarl-zrails The notch lO at one end of each pivot rod is comparatively shortand of ju t suliiei ut size to receive and ctletrtively engage the basetlauge of one of the tra k rails. but the notch it at the other end ofsaid pivot rod is long so as to receive a locking wedge or key 1'; inaddition to the base flange of the opposing track rail. The key 1'2 isin the form of a \\'ctlge-sluipetl plate. which driven into the innerportion 11 after the outer end of said notch has been engaged with thebaseflange of the rail so that the pivot rod 7' will be rigidly clampedbetween the two track rails.

1 slot 13 intersecting the notch 11 in a plane substantially cylindricalshape numerals 3 and. each consists of two circular I in; said headssuitably united to its ends.

The rollers or cylinders manner'so that they may contain small objects 6which will more around in the roller t spiked. as shown at 18, to theends of the as it is rotated by the animal. and produce a rattling noiseand frighten the animal away. Said objects 6 may be pebbles,

are made in this of the rail and marbles, shot,

at right angles to the same so that the wedge key may be insertedvertically instead of horizontally, as will be understood on referonceto Fig. of the drawings. \Vashers 14 are preferably arranged on thepivot rod 7 al the ends 01' the rollers or cylinders 3. It. will beunderstood that one or more of the rollers may be arranged between eachof the cross ties.

As above stated, the rollers 53 a re arranged between opposing trackrails in either sin le or double tracks and where there are dou 1etracks similar rollers 15 may be similarly mounted between the adjacentrails of the two tracks. On both single and double tracks rows ofsimilar but smaller rollers 16 are arranged between the outer baseflanges an angle metal pivot supporting bar or plate 17 which may becross ties 2 or otherwise suitably mounted.

In operation, when an animal voluntarily first tests it.

The moment the animal touch s the cylinder or roller with its hoof 1 ornose the motion of the cylinder in revolving suggests its instabilityand the rattling noise caused by the balls or other objects in thecylinder will frighten the animal away. in case an animal crosses theguard involuntarily, as, for instance, by being pushed over it; by otheranimals or being frightened across it by a train, the animal wlll not beinjured or caught in the guard. This feature obviates all danger oftrains being wrecked which frequently happens where ordinary pit guardsare used. it is impossible for an animal to get caught or hung in theguard since the rotary movement of the cylinders or rollers and theresiliency of the metal from which the device is (:(mstllilititl willreadily release any part of the animal upon its slightest exertion.

ll will he noted that the peculiar construc tion of the device rcndersit inex 'iensive and at the same time strong and durable. The nuI-unlingof the pivotsfor the rollers on the flanges of the rails obviates theH6095 sity of extra supporting framework and, consequently (LiiiliJll'ethe guard to be easily and quickly llFIlllf-Il at an exceedingly willrjlfil. When once installed, it will be emetdiup g durable and it willbe practit-ally Without ust of maintenance. By uialtiy the J'Ullclf; orcylinders of galvanized iror they will be visible on the darkest nightwhich an advantageous feature.

While l have shown and described in detail the preferred embodinigit ofthe invention. I wish it to be undcrstliod that various changes in. theform, proportion and arrangement of parts and in the details ofconstruction may be resorted to Within the. spirit and scope of theinvention.

lluving thus described the invention what is claimed is:

t. In a railway cattle guard, the combination with opposing track railshaving base flanges, of transversely arranged horizontally disposedpivot rods formed at their ends with inwardly extending longitudinalnotches to receive the opposing base flanges of the track rails, wedgesdriven into the innor portions of the notches at one end of said pivotrod and engaged with the base flanges of the adjacent track rail toretain said pivot rods in position between the rails, guard rollersrotatably mounted on said pivot rods, and washers upon said pivot rods)H liWGGIl the ends of the rollers and the track ra1 2. in a railwaycattle uard, the combination with cross ties o substantially V- a-rhapein cross section, and track rails upon ntiltil tie;- and formed withoppositely projecting base flanges, of angle metal support ing plateshaving upright portions secured to the ends of said cross ties andinwardly extending horizontal flanges disposed in the hOIlZOI'iifllplane of the base flanges of the track rails, transversely extendinghorizontally disposed pivot rods having their ends formed with.1nwardlyextending longitudinal notches to enga e the flanges on said track railsand sai angular supporting plates, Wedges driven into certain of thenotches of said pivot rods to retain them in position, and guard rollersfreely rotatable on said pivot rods and disposed between the cross ties.

In testimony whereof I hereunto atlix my signature in the presence oftwo witnesses.

GEORGE F. WOOD.

\Vitnemes:

Owen P. SMITH G. E. S'rno'ruzn

